Card Destruction
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Each player discards their entire hand, then draws the same number of cards they discarded.
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Can Be Found In: Starter Deck: Yugi Evolution (SYE-032), Structure Deck: Lord of the Storm (SD8-EN018), Zombie World Structure Deck (SDZW-EN031), Starter Deck: Duelist Toolbox (5DS3-EN021), Dragunity Legion Structure Deck (SDDL-EN030), Gates of the Underworld Structure Deck (SDGU-EN028), Legendary Collection 3: Yugiâs World Mega Pack (LCYW-EN060), Yugiâs Legendary Decks (YGLD-ENB27), Starter Deck: Yugi (SDY-042), Dark Legends (DLG1-EN085), Retro Pack (RP01-EN084)
The hand is of vital importance to keep playing as the Duel progresses. The more cards we have the more options become available, allowing us to prepare stronger setups or respond against the opponent. To keep a healthy hand it might require some drawing and searching effects, while on the opposite side discarding effects will disrupt it before has a chance to play their best cards. While a few Decks can manage themselves with scarce cards or none in their hand, is undeniable how vital it is to have a hand ready for anything.
âCard Destructionâ covers the ability to draw along hand disruption in a single effect, becoming a solid choice for many years until its ban from the TCG. âCard Destructionâ forces both players to discard their entire hand, to afterwards draw the same number of cards discarded. While overall is a card loss for the user (The Spell itself), with a bit of timing âCard Destructionâ can go from refreshing our hand with new options to completely ruining the opponentâs game plan before comes to fruition. Not only that, but depending of which cards we end discarding we can also prepare all sorts of strategies arround our Graveyard, creating great sinergy with certain Decks to achieve their full potential while damaging the opponentâs.
The outcomes involving âCard Destructionâ can change considerably depending of the build is working with as well the playersâ hands at the moment. By default, the Spell will often be used to refresh our hand with new cards with a lucky chance of disrupting the opponentâs. Before its activation we can Set important Spells and Traps to be spared of its effects, but otherwise we can use effects such as âCompulsory Evacuation Deviceâ and âFairy Tail - Lunaâ to bounce opponentâs cards so theyâll be discarded by âCard Destructionâ afterwards. Some players might try to win by forcing the opponent to empty their whole Deck, as combining this card with effects such as âSide Effects?â and âHiroâs Shadow Scoutâ will force them to discard a huge hand as a result. When comes to the Graveyard thereâs plenty of revival effects to work along with, from well known choices like âCall of the Hauntedâ to more specific to a theme such as âCrane Craneâ or âRed-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragonâ. But some archetypes goes a step ahead and will also trigger certain abilities by discarding their monsters to the Graveyard, going from Burning Abyss several effects once disposed to Dark World ability to swarm the field with huge monsters in a single turn.
âCard Destructionâ is far from being absolutely gamebreaking, but obviously has incredible potential to turn arround whole games on its own. The chances of ruining the opponentâs plans by discarding their whole hand along bouncing and Deck Out strategies, drawing new cards as we fuel our Graveyard, and archetypes like Dark World unleashing their full potential right from our first turn are more than enough reasons of why this card is banned. But the same results we can obtain from âCard Destructionâ can easily apply to the opponent as well, as they can gain a better hand as a result while fueling their Graveyard including monsters with effects triggered in the process. âCard Destructionâ is a double-edged effect as both players have similar chances to obtain the same results, but while we will be at a small disadvantage when comes to the number of cards drawn we can keep the upper hand if we build our Deck arround this cardâs possibilities.
+ Makes both players discard their hand and draw the same number of cards disposed
+ Can work along Graveyard setups and bouncing effects for further benefits
+ Sinergy with Graveyard effects including the Dark World archetype
- Weâre at a small disadvantage when comes to the number of cards we will draw
- The opponent might gain several benefits from its effect
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